Compare dewpoint and temperature sensors with a for-loop

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Hello to the fantastic Homeassistant community! :partying_face: :heart_eyes:
I have a problem with a template that I am stuck on.

I have a number of temperature sensors for which I calculate the dew point. However, I am not calculating the dew point for all temperature sensors. The naming is consistent, so all temperature sensor end with ā€œ_temperatureā€, and the dewpoint sensors end with ā€œ_dewpointā€. So the sensors would be, for example, sensor.kitchen_temperature and sensor.kitchen_dewpoint.

Now I would like to

  • Perform a comparison with the corresponding temperature sensor for all dewpoint sensors and then output a list of all sensors where the dewpoint is above the corresponding temperature.
  • It would be nice if I could also output the associated temperature difference next to the corresponding sensor name - but thatā€™s an extra :slight_smile:

I can generate the list of all dewpoint sensors:

{% set dewpoint = states.sensor
| selectattr('entity_id', 'search', 'thermohygrometer')
| selectattr('entity_id', 'search', 'dewpoint')
| list
%}
{{ dewpoint }}

However, when comparing with the corresponding temperature sensors, Iā€™m at my wits endā€¦ I think it will look something like this:

{% for i in dewpoint %}
  {% set ns.result = i.state|int > i.state|replace('dewpoint', 'temperature')|int %}
{% endfor %}
{{ ns.result|join(', ') }}

Thank you very much already!
Is there a tutorial somewhere on how I can better understand and learn the functionality of namspaces and the for loops?

2

The template you posted selects all sensors whose entity_id contains dewpoint or thermohygrometer. You only mentioned dewpoint in your explanation (and the for-loopā€™s replace only handles dewpoint) so why is thermohygrometer in there?

3

The check for thermohygrometer ensures that I only include readings from my thermohygrometers. Some weather data also provides an entity with ā€œdewpointā€ in its name, which I do not want to use.

My example above was not detailed enough. For me, the sensors are called: sensor.kitchen_thermohygrometer_temperature and sensor.kitchen_thermohygrometer_dewpoint.

I hope this makes more sense now :slight_smile:

4

Copy-paste the following template into the Template Editor and confirm it reports what you want.


{% set dewpoint = states.sensor
  | selectattr('entity_id', 'search', 'thermohygrometer')
  | selectattr('entity_id', 'search', 'dewpoint')
  | list %}

{% set ns = namespace(result = []) %}
{% for i in dewpoint if i.state | int(0) > states(i.entity_id[:-8] ~ 'temperature') | int(0) %}
  {% set ns.result = ns.result + [i.state | int(0)] %}
{% endfor %}
{{ ns.result|join(', ') }}
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Dear Taras,

that was almost a precision landing! I didnā€™t know states(i.entity_id[:-8] ~ 'temperature') yet. Simply remove the last 8 digits and replace them with ā€˜temperatureā€™. Clever!

With my existing knowledge, I was able to implement the rest: The following template calculates the temperature differences of the respective entities (dewpoint - temperature). Theis temperature difference is assigned to the associated entity with a colon.

This was all I needed. Thank you very much!

{% set dewpoint = states.sensor
  | selectattr('entity_id', 'search', 'thermohygrometer')
  | selectattr('entity_id', 'search', 'dewpoint')
  | list %}

{% set ns = namespace(result = []) %}
{% for i in dewpoint if i.state | float(0) > states(i.entity_id[:-8] ~ 'temperature') | float(0) %}
  {% set ns.result = ns.result + [[i.name, i.state | float(0) - states(i.entity_id[:-8] ~ 'temperature') | float(0) ]|join(': ')] %}
{% endfor %}
{{ ns.result|join(', 
') }}
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